WO2024000330A1 - Method and apparatus for activating or deactivating resource - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed in embodiments of the present disclosure are a method and apparatus for activating or deactivating a resource, applicable to the technical field of communications. The method performed by an anchor node comprises: after determining resource control information used for activating or deactivating a resource and corresponding to a designated terminal device in an RRC inactive state, the anchor node sends the resource control information to a serving node. Thus, according to the resource control information, the serving node may activate or deactivate a resource corresponding to the designated terminal device, thereby avoiding the failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoiding resource waste, and improving the positioning reliability.

Description

A method and device for activating or deactivating resources Technical field

The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology, and in particular, to a method and device for activating or deactivating resources.

Background technique

In the small data transmission (SDT) scenario without anchor relocation, that is, in the SDT without anchor relocation scenario, the serving node can allocate resources to the terminal device in the inactive state. For example, sounding reference signal (SRS) resources. How to activate or deactivate resources is an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

Contents of the invention

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for activating or deactivating resources.

In a first aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for activating or deactivating resources. The method is executed by an anchor node. The method includes:

Determine resource control information corresponding to the designated terminal device, wherein the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state;

Send the resource control information to the service node.

In this disclosure, the anchor node sends the resource control information to the service node after determining the resource control information for activating or deactivating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the RRC inactive state. As a result, the service node can activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device according to the resource control information, thereby avoiding failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoiding waste of resources, and thereby improving positioning reliability.

In the second aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide another method for activating or deactivating resources. The method is executed by a service node. The method includes:

Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, wherein the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state;

Activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information.

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the RRC inactive state, the service node can activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information. H. This can avoid the failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoid the waste of resources, and improve the reliability of positioning.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

A processing module configured to determine resource control information corresponding to a designated terminal device, wherein the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is in Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state. status terminal equipment;

A transceiver module, configured to send the resource control information to the service node.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device, including:

A transceiver module configured to receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state. status terminal equipment;

A processing module configured to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device. The communication device includes a processor. When the processor calls a computer program in a memory, it executes the method described in the first aspect.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device. The communication device includes a processor. When the processor calls a computer program in a memory, it executes the method described in the second aspect.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device. The communication device includes a processor and a memory, and a computer program is stored in the memory; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes The method described in the first aspect above.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device. The communication device includes a processor and a memory, and a computer program is stored in the memory; the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory, so that the communication device executes The method described in the second aspect above.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device. The device includes a processor and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor. The processor is used to run the code instructions to cause the The device executes the method described in the first aspect.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a communication device. The device includes a processor and an interface circuit. The interface circuit is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor. The processor is used to run the code instructions to cause the The device performs the method described in the second aspect above.

In an eleventh aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for activating or deactivating resources. The system includes the communication device described in the third aspect and the communication device described in the fourth aspect, or the system includes the communication device described in the fifth aspect. The communication device described in the sixth aspect and the communication device described in the sixth aspect, or the system includes the communication device described in the seventh aspect and the communication device described in the eighth aspect, or the system includes the communication device described in the ninth aspect And the communication device according to the tenth aspect.

In a twelfth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a computer-readable storage medium for storing instructions used by the above-mentioned terminal equipment. When the instructions are executed, the terminal equipment is caused to execute the above-mentioned first aspect. method.

In a thirteenth aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide a readable storage medium for storing instructions used by the above-mentioned network device. When the instructions are executed, the network device is caused to perform the method described in the second aspect. .

In a fourteenth aspect, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product including a computer program, which when run on a computer causes the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect.

In a fifteenth aspect, the present disclosure also provides a computer program product including a computer program, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the second aspect.

In a sixteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system, which includes at least one processor and an interface for supporting a terminal device to implement the functions involved in the first aspect, for example, determining or processing data involved in the above method. and information. In a possible design, the chip system further includes a memory, and the memory is used to store necessary computer programs and data for the terminal device. The chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.

In a seventeenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a chip system, which includes at least one processor and an interface for supporting a network device to implement the functions involved in the second aspect, for example, determining or processing data involved in the above method. and information. In a possible design, the chip system further includes a memory, and the memory is used to store necessary computer programs and data for the network device. The chip system may be composed of chips, or may include chips and other discrete devices.

In an eighteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to execute the method described in the first aspect.

In a nineteenth aspect, the present disclosure provides a computer program that, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method described in the second aspect.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the disclosure or the background technology, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments or the background technology of the disclosure will be described below.

Figure 1 is a schematic architectural diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of a resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 6 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 7 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 8 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 9 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 10 is a schematic flowchart of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 11a is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 11b is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 12 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 13 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 14 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 15 is an interactive schematic diagram of yet another resource activation or deactivation method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 16 is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 17 is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

Figure 18 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

For ease of understanding, terminology involved in this disclosure is first introduced.

1. Sounding reference signal (SRS)

The sounding reference signal SRS is used in wireless communications to estimate the frequency domain information of the uplink channel and perform frequency selective scheduling, or to estimate the downlink channel and perform downlink beamforming. As an uplink signal, the terminal device sends SRS to help the network device obtain the channel status information of each user. In 5G systems, SRS can be used for resource scheduling, link adaptation, massive MIMO and beam management, etc.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic architectural diagram of a communication system provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication system may include but is not limited to one network device and one terminal device. The number and form of devices shown in Figure 1 are only for examples and do not constitute a limitation on the embodiments of the present disclosure. In actual applications, two or more devices may be included. The above network equipment, two or more terminal devices. The communication system shown in Figure 1 includes two network devices, namely a service node 11, an anchor node 12 and a terminal device 13.

It should be noted that the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to various communication systems. For example: long term evolution (LTE) system, fifth generation (5th generation, 5G) mobile communication system, 5G new radio (NR) system, or other future new mobile communication systems.

The service node 11 and anchor node 12 in the embodiment of the present disclosure include an evolved base station (evolved NodeB, eNB), a transmission point (transmission reception point, TRP), a next generation base station (next generation NodeB, gNB) in the NR system, Base stations in other future mobile communication systems or access nodes in wireless fidelity (WiFi) systems, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technologies and specific equipment forms used by network equipment. The network equipment provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure may be composed of a centralized unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU). The CU may also be called a control unit (control unit). CU-DU is used. The structure can separate the protocol layers of network equipment, such as base stations, and place some protocol layer functions under centralized control on the CU. The remaining part or all protocol layer functions are distributed in the DU, and the CU centrally controls the DU.

The terminal device 12 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is an entity on the user side for receiving or transmitting signals, such as a mobile phone. Terminal equipment can also be called terminal equipment (terminal), user equipment (user equipment, UE), mobile station (mobile station, MS), mobile terminal equipment (mobile terminal, MT), etc. The terminal device can be a car with communication functions, a smart car, a mobile phone, a wearable device, a tablet computer (Pad), a computer with wireless transceiver functions, a virtual reality (VR) terminal device, an augmented reality ( augmented reality (AR) terminal equipment, wireless terminal equipment in industrial control, wireless terminal equipment in self-driving, wireless terminal equipment in remote medical surgery, smart grid ( Wireless terminal equipment in smart grid, wireless terminal equipment in transportation safety, wireless terminal equipment in smart city, wireless terminal equipment in smart home, etc. The embodiments of the present disclosure do not limit the specific technology and specific equipment form used by the terminal equipment.

It can be understood that the communication system described in the embodiments of the present disclosure is to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure. As those of ordinary skill in the art will know, With the evolution of system architecture and the emergence of new business scenarios, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are also applicable to similar technical problems.

Usually, in the SDT without anchor relocation scenario, when the terminal device is in an inactive state, it may move to a new network node, that is, the service node serving gNB (or it can also be called receiving gNB). The service node serving gNB can allocate resources to terminal devices, such as SRS resources. However, because the context information context of the terminal device is still stored in the anchor node anchor gNB, and the anchor node cannot directly activate or deactivate the resources allocated in the service node, this may cause the terminal device positioning to fail.

In the present disclosure, the anchor node may send activation or deactivation related information to the service node, so that the service node activates or deactivates the resources of the terminal device in the inactive state according to the related information. This avoids the failure of positioning activation and improves the reliability of positioning.

It should be noted that in the present disclosure, the method for activating or deactivating a resource provided in any embodiment can be executed alone, or in combination with possible implementation methods in other embodiments, or in combination with related technologies. Any of the technical solutions are implemented together.

The embodiments of the present disclosure will now be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific implementation modes.

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail herein, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with embodiments of the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with aspects of the disclosure as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing specific embodiments only and is not intended to limit the embodiments of the present disclosure. As used in the embodiments of the present disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and includes any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Depending on the context, the words "if" and "in response to" as used herein may be interpreted as "when" or "when" or "in response to determining."

Embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary and intended to explain the present disclosure and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure.

In this disclosure, the serving gNB may also be called the receiving node receiving gNB or the new next generation radio access network node new NG-RAN node, and the anchor gNB may also be called the last serving node last serving gNB or the old next generation radio access network node. Network access node old NG-RAN node.

Please refer to Figure 2. Figure 2 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by an anchor node. As shown in Figure 2, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 201: Determine resource control information corresponding to the designated terminal device, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device. The designated terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state. Terminal Equipment.

Optionally, the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

Resource activation information, the resource activation information is used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device; and

Resource deactivation information, the resource activation information is used to deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.

In the present disclosure, the resource control information may include resource activation information for activating resources. The anchor node may determine the resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the received relevant information regarding the positioning of the designated terminal device. The service node is then instructed to reserve resources to be activated, and the service node is instructed to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource activation information. As a result, the designated terminal device can start to use corresponding resources for positioning, thereby avoiding failure of positioning activation and improving positioning reliability.

Alternatively, the resource control information may include resource deactivation information for deactivating the resource. The anchor node may determine resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device when determining that the designated terminal device accesses from other network nodes. To instruct the service node to release the resources to be deactivated, and instruct the service node to deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device. As a result, the terminal device can stop using activated resources for positioning, thereby avoiding waste of resources.

Optionally, the resource activation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following: the identifier of the designated terminal device, the detection reference signal SRS resource set identifier, the SRS resource identifier, and information on resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated, A first activation time, a first activation duration, and a first indication for instructing the service node whether to send the resource control information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device simultaneously.

The identifier of the designated terminal device may be any information that can uniquely identify the designated terminal device, such as the number of the terminal device. The sounding reference signal SRS resource set identifier can be any information that can uniquely determine the specified SRS resource set, such as the number of the SRS resource set. The SRS resource identifier can be any information that can uniquely determine the designated SRS resource, such as the number of the SRS resource. The information of resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated can be any other information that has a spatial relationship with the SRS to be activated, for example, it can be the identification of other signals that have a spatial relationship with the SRS to be activated, etc.

Optionally, the resource deactivation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following: identification information of the specified terminal device, deactivated SRS resource identification, deactivated SRS resource set identification, and deactivation instruction.

The deactivation instruction may be used to instruct the deactivation of resources corresponding to the specified terminal device. For specific explanations of the terminal device identifier, SRS resource identifier, and SRS resource set identifier, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Step 202: Send resource control information to the service node.

In the present disclosure, the anchor node can send resource activation information to the service node. Afterwards, the service node can determine the designated terminal device according to the identifier of the designated terminal device in the resource activation information, and send the resource activation information to the designated terminal device. Therefore, the designated terminal device can activate the SRS resource indicated in the resource activation information at the first activation time according to the resource activation information, and keep the SRS resource in the activated state during the first activation duration. After the first activation duration, it can Actively deactivate SRS resources, thereby avoiding the use of additional deactivation signaling to activate SRS resources and avoiding waste of resources.

Alternatively, the service node may determine the designated terminal device according to the identifier of the designated terminal device in the resource deactivation information, and deactivate the resources of the designated terminal device. Thus, waste of resources is avoided.

Optionally, the resource control information may be included in at least one of the following messages and sent to the service node: failure to retrieve terminal device context message, radio access network (radio access network, RAN) paging message, Xn interface application process protocol message , retrieve the terminal device context confirmation message, positioning activation request message and positioning deactivation request message.

In this disclosure, the anchor node sends the resource control information to the service node after determining the resource control information for activating or deactivating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the RRC inactive state. As a result, the service node can activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device according to the resource control information, thereby avoiding failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoiding waste of resources, and thereby improving positioning reliability.

Please refer to Figure 3. Figure 3 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by an anchor node. As shown in Figure 3, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 301: Receive a positioning activation request for a designated terminal device sent by the LMF.

For the specific description of the designated terminal device, please refer to the detailed description of any implementation example of the present disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In this disclosure, when the location management function (LMF) determines that it is necessary to obtain positioning information, for example, when the currently obtained positioning information is not enough to accurately locate the location of the specified terminal device, when it is necessary to obtain positioning information, it can request the anchor point to obtain the positioning information. The node sends a positioning activation request for the specified terminal device to obtain the positioning information of the specified terminal device. The positioning activation request may include information such as the identification of the specified terminal device, which is not limited by this disclosure.

Step 302: Determine resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the positioning activation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device.

For detailed description of the resource activation information, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In the present disclosure, the anchor node can determine the designated terminal device based on the identifier of the designated terminal device in the positioning activation request for the designated terminal device, and then generate resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device.

Step 303: Send resource activation information to the service node.

In this disclosure, for the specific process of step 303, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In this disclosure, after receiving the positioning activation request for the designated terminal device sent by the LMF, the anchor node can determine the resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the positioning activation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device, and then, Send resource activation information to the service node. As a result, the service node can activate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device according to the resource control information, thereby avoiding failure of positioning activation, thereby improving positioning reliability.

Please refer to Figure 4. Figure 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by an anchor node. As shown in Figure 4, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 401: Receive a positioning deactivation request for a designated terminal device sent by the LMF.

For the specific description of the designated terminal device, please refer to the detailed description of any implementation example of the present disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In this disclosure, when the LMF determines that it is not necessary to obtain positioning information, for example, when the currently obtained positioning information is sufficient to accurately locate the position of the designated terminal device and no longer obtains the positioning information, it can send a message to the anchor node for the designated terminal device. Positioning deactivation request to avoid unnecessary positioning and waste of resources. The positioning deactivation request may include information such as the identification of the specified terminal device, which is not limited by this disclosure.

Step 402: Determine resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the received positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device.

For detailed description of the resource activation information, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In the present disclosure, the anchor node can determine the designated terminal device according to the identifier of the designated terminal device in the positioning and deactivation request for the designated terminal device. After that, the anchor node can determine the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device and generate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device. Deactivation information to instruct the service node to release resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.

Optionally, when the designated terminal device sends a radio resource control RRC recovery request to access the anchor node through other network nodes, it means that the designated terminal device stops using the corresponding resources. At this time, the designated terminal device can be determined based on the RRC recovery request. Resource deactivation information.

Optionally, when the designated terminal device sends a radio resource control RRC connection request to access the anchor node through other network nodes, it means that the designated terminal device stops using the corresponding resources. At this time, the designated terminal device can be determined based on the RRC connection request. Resource deactivation information.

Step 403: Send resource deactivation information to the service node.

In this disclosure, for the specific process of step 403, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In this disclosure, after receiving the positioning deactivation request for the designated terminal device sent by the LMF, the anchor node can determine the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the received positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device. Deactivation information, and then resource deactivation information can be sent to the service node. As a result, the service node can activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information, thereby avoiding waste of resources.

Please refer to Figure 5. Figure 5 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by an anchor node. As shown in Figure 5, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 501: Receive a positioning activation request for a designated terminal device sent by the LMF.

Step 502: Determine resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the positioning activation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device.

Step 503: Send resource control information to the service node.

In this disclosure, for the specific process of steps 501 to 503, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Step 504: Receive activation feedback information sent by the service node.

The activation feedback information may include at least one of the following: a second activation time and a second activation duration. The second activation time is the SRS activation time determined by the service node, and the second activation duration is the SRS activation duration determined by the service node.

In this disclosure, when the service node receives the resource activation information sent by the anchor node, if the resource activation information does not include time-related information, such as the first activation time and the first activation duration, then the service node Time information related to resource activation can be determined, such as the second activation time and the second activation duration; or, the resource activation information includes time-related information, but the service node can also determine whether to use the resource control information based on the actual network conditions. The first activation time and the first activation duration are used to activate the resources of the designated terminal device. If the service node determines not to activate the resources of the designated terminal device according to the first activation time and the first activation duration in the resource control information, it can determine the second activation time and the second activation duration by itself. After determining the second activation time and the second activation duration, the service node may send an activation feedback message to the anchor node to synchronize the second activation time and the second activation duration. It can be understood that the second activation time and the first activation time may be the same or different, and the second activation duration and the first activation duration may be the same or different.

Optionally, the anchor node can also receive deactivation feedback information sent by the service node.

In the present disclosure, when the service node receives the resource deactivation information sent by the anchor node, the service node activates the resources of the designated terminal device according to the resource control information, or can also redetermine the deactivation time according to the actual network conditions, and can request The anchor node sends deactivation feedback information to synchronize deactivation time and other information to the anchor node.

Optionally, activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information may be sent to the service node in at least one of the following messages: terminal device context retrieval failure message, RAN paging message, Xn interface application process protocol message, terminal device context retrieval confirmation message, positioning activation request message, positioning deactivation request message, etc.

Step 505: Send a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF node.

In this disclosure, when the anchor node receives a positioning activation request sent by the LMF, it can correspondingly send a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF node to synchronize the configuration related to the LMF positioning activation. Therefore, the LMF can send a positioning measurement request to the corresponding network node according to the positioning activation feedback message to obtain the positioning information of the specified terminal device. The positioning activation feedback message and the activation feedback information may be the same or partially the same.

Optionally, when the anchor node receives a positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF, it can correspondingly send a positioning deactivation feedback message to the LMF node to synchronize the configuration related to LMF positioning deactivation.

In the present disclosure, after receiving the positioning activation request for the designated terminal device sent by the LMF, the anchor node can determine the resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the positioning activation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device, and provide the resource activation information to the specified terminal device. The service node sends resource control information. Afterwards, it can receive activation feedback information sent by the service node and send a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF node. Therefore, by exchanging information related to activation resources through each network node, the failure of positioning activation can be avoided while ensuring the accuracy of positioning activation, thereby improving the reliability of positioning activation.

Please refer to Figure 6. Figure 6 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a service node. As shown in Figure 6, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 601: Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to a designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state.

Optionally, the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

Resource activation information, the resource activation information is used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device; and

Resource deactivation information, the resource activation information is used to deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.

In the present disclosure, the resource control information may include resource activation information for activating resources. The anchor node may determine the resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device based on the received relevant information regarding the positioning of the designated terminal device. The service node is then instructed to reserve resources to be activated, and the service node is instructed to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource activation information. As a result, the designated terminal device can start to use corresponding resources for positioning, thereby avoiding failure of positioning activation and improving positioning reliability.

Alternatively, the resource control information may include resource deactivation information for deactivating the resource. The anchor node may determine resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device when determining that the designated terminal device accesses from other network nodes. To instruct the service node to release the resources to be deactivated, and instruct the service node to deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device. As a result, the terminal device can stop using activated resources for positioning, thereby avoiding waste of resources.

Optionally, the resource activation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following: the identifier of the designated terminal device, the detection reference signal SRS resource set identifier, the SRS resource identifier, and information on resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated, A first activation time, a first activation duration, and a first indication for instructing the service node whether to send the resource control information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device simultaneously.

The identifier of the designated terminal device may be any information that can uniquely identify the designated terminal device, such as the number of the terminal device. The sounding reference signal SRS resource set identifier can be any information that can uniquely determine the specified SRS resource set, such as the number of the SRS resource set. The SRS resource identifier can be any information that can uniquely determine the designated SRS resource, such as the number of the SRS resource. The information of resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated can be any other information that has a spatial relationship with the SRS to be activated, for example, it can be the identification of other signals that have a spatial relationship with the SRS to be activated, etc.

Optionally, the resource deactivation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following: identification information of the specified terminal device, deactivated SRS resource identification, deactivated SRS resource set identification, and deactivation instruction.

The deactivation instruction may be used to instruct the deactivation of resources corresponding to the specified terminal device. For specific explanations of the terminal device identifier, SRS resource identifier, and SRS resource set identifier, please refer to the detailed description of any embodiment of the present disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Optionally, the resource control information is included in at least one of the following messages and sent to the service node: failure to retrieve terminal device context message, radio access network (radio access network, RAN) paging message, Xn interface application process protocol message, Retrieve the terminal device context confirmation message, positioning activation request message, and positioning deactivation request message.

Step 602: Activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information.

In this disclosure, after the service node receives the resource activation information, the service node can determine the designated terminal device according to the identification of the designated terminal device in the resource activation information, and send the resource activation information to the designated terminal device. Therefore, the designated terminal device can activate the SRS resource indicated in the resource activation information at the first activation time according to the resource activation information, and keep the SRS resource in the activated state during the first activation duration. After the first activation duration, it can Actively deactivate SRS resources, thereby avoiding the use of additional deactivation signaling to activate SRS resources and avoiding waste of resources.

Alternatively, the service node may determine the designated terminal device according to the identifier of the designated terminal device in the resource deactivation information, and deactivate the resources of the designated terminal device. Thus, waste of resources is avoided. .

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the RRC inactive state, the service node can activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information. H. This can avoid the failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoid the waste of resources, and improve the reliability of positioning.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a service node. As shown in Figure 7, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 701: Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to a designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state.

In this disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 701 can be found in the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Step 702: According to the resource control information containing the information for activating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, send the information for instructing resource activation and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device.

In this disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information, when the resource control information contains information for activating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, the service node may send the information for indicating the resource activation and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device. Terminal Equipment. As a result, designated terminal devices can be used to effectively instruct resource activation and perform positioning measurements. For example, send SRS resources.

Optionally, when the resource control information includes information for activating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, the service node may send the information indicating resource activation to the designated terminal device through a paging message. The information used to indicate resource activation may be the same as or different from the information included in the resource control information used to activate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.

Optionally, when the resource control information includes information for activating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, the service node may send the information indicating resource activation to the designated terminal device through an RRC release message.

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the designated terminal equipment in the radio resource control RRC inactive state, the service node can activate the designated terminal device according to the resource control information contained in the resource control information. The resource information corresponding to the terminal device sends information indicating resource activation and an RRC release message to the designated terminal device. This can avoid positioning activation failure and improve positioning reliability.

Please refer to Figure 8. Figure 8 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a service node. As shown in Figure 8, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 801: Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to a designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state.

In this disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 801 can be found in the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Step 802: Release the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the information used to deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device contained in the resource control information.

In this disclosure, the anchor node can determine the designated terminal device based on the identification of the designated terminal device in the positioning and deactivation request sent by the LMF. After that, the anchor node can determine the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device and generate the designated terminal device. Corresponding resource deactivation information is used to instruct the service node to release resources corresponding to the specified terminal device to avoid waste of resources.

Optionally, when the designated terminal device sends a radio resource control RRC recovery request to access the anchor node through other network nodes, it means that the designated terminal device is not within the service range of the service node. At this time, the designated terminal device can be determined based on the RRC recovery request. Resource deactivation information.

Optionally, when the designated terminal device sends a radio resource control RRC connection request to access the anchor node through other network nodes, it means that the designated terminal device is not within the service range of the service node. At this time, the designated terminal device can be determined based on the RRC connection request. Resource deactivation information.

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the radio resource control RRC inactive state, the service node can deactivate the resource according to the resource control information contained in the resource control information. Activate the information of resources corresponding to the specified terminal device and release the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device. This avoids the waste of resources.

Please refer to Figure 9. Figure 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a service node. As shown in Figure 9, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 901: Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to a designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state.

Step 902: Activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information.

In this disclosure, the specific implementation process of steps 901 to 902 can be found in the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Step 903: Send activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information to the anchor node.

The activation feedback information may include at least one of the following: a second activation time and a second activation duration. The second activation time is the SRS activation time determined by the service node, and the second activation duration is the SRS activation duration determined by the service node.

In this disclosure, when the service node receives the resource activation information sent by the anchor node, if the resource activation information does not include time-related information, such as the first activation time and the first activation duration, then the service node Time information related to resource activation can be determined, such as the second activation time and the second activation duration; or, the resource activation information includes time-related information, but the service node can also determine whether to use the resource control information according to the actual network conditions. The first activation time and the first activation duration are used to activate the resources of the designated terminal device. If the service node determines not to activate the resources of the designated terminal device according to the first activation time and the first activation duration in the resource control information, it can determine the second activation time and the second activation duration by itself. After determining the second activation time and the second activation duration, the service node may send an activation feedback message to the anchor node to synchronize the second activation time and the second activation duration. It can be understood that the second activation time and the first activation time may be the same or different, and the second activation duration and the first activation duration may be the same or different.

Optionally, the service node can also send deactivation feedback information to the anchor node.

In this disclosure, when the service node receives the resource deactivation information sent by the anchor node, the service node activates the resources of the designated terminal device according to the resource control information, or it can also redetermine the deactivation time according to the actual network conditions. The anchor node sends deactivation feedback information to synchronize deactivation time and other information to the anchor node.

Optionally, activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information may be sent to the service node in at least one of the following messages: terminal device context retrieval failure message, RAN paging message, Xn interface application process protocol message, terminal device context retrieval confirmation Messages, positioning activation request messages, positioning deactivation request messages, etc.

Optionally, the service node may also perform step 903 first and then step 902. That is, after receiving the resource control message, the service node does not directly activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device, but first sends activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information to the anchor node, and then sends a second message to the anchor node. After the activation time and the second continuous activation time, activation or deactivation of the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device is performed after receiving the RRC release message sent by the anchor node.

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the designated terminal equipment in the radio resource control RRC inactive state, the service node can activate or deactivate the designated terminal device according to the resource control information. The resources corresponding to the terminal device can then send activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information to the anchor node. Therefore, by exchanging information related to activation resources through each network node, the failure of positioning activation can be avoided while ensuring the accuracy of positioning activation, thereby improving the reliability of positioning activation.

Please refer to Figure 10. Figure 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method for activating or deactivating resources provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method is executed by a service node. As shown in Figure 10, the method may include but is not limited to the following steps:

Step 1001: Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to a designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state.

In this disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 1001 can be found in the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

Step 1002: Send activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information to the anchor node.

Optionally, when the designated terminal device is in the RRC inactive state, it means that the RRC is occupied. At this time, the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device may not be activated. After receiving the RRC release message sent by the anchor node, the activation designation is performed. Resources corresponding to the terminal device.

Optionally, when the first indication is included in the resource control information and the first indication instructs the service node to send the resource control information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device at the same time, before receiving the RRC release message sent by the anchor node , the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device are not activated temporarily.

Step 1003: Activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information.

In this disclosure, the specific implementation process of step 1003 can be found in the detailed description of any embodiment of this disclosure, and will not be described again here.

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device in the radio resource control RRC inactive state, the service node receives the RRC release message sent by the anchor node. Previously, the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device were not activated temporarily. Later, activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information can be sent to the anchor node. Then, the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device can be activated or deactivated according to the resource control information. This can avoid positioning activation or deactivation failures and improve positioning reliability.

The method of activating or deactivating resources is further explained below. In this disclosure, resource activation or deactivation can be achieved in the following ways:

method one:

Referring to Figure 11a, the method includes the following steps:

Step 1101, LMF sends a positioning activation request message to the anchor gNB.

Step 1102, anchor gNB sends information for positioning activation to serving gNB.

According to one embodiment, the information for positioning activation may be included in the Retrieve UE Context Failure message; according to another embodiment, the information for positioning activation may be included in the RAN paging in the message. It should be understood that the message including information for positioning activation is not limited thereto. Among them, the information used for positioning activation is resource activation information.

The information used for positioning activation may include at least one of several pieces of information:

SRS Resource Set ID is used to indicate the SRS resources that need to be activated;

Information related to SRS spatial relationships, used to indicate the spatial relationships corresponding to the SRSresource or SRS resource set that needs to be activated;

Activation time, used to indicate the specific time of SRS activation, which can be an absolute time or relative time;

Activation duration, used to indicate the duration of SRS activation.

Among them, the activation time is also the first activation time, and the activation duration is also the first activation duration.

Step 1103, serving gNB considers the information used for positioning activation and activates SRS.

Optionally, the serving gNB sends the MAC CE used to activate SRS together with the RRC Release message to the designated terminal device; or, the serving gNB can also include the information used for positioning activation in the RRC Release message, so that, The designated terminal device activates the SRS according to the information for positioning activation in the RRC Release message; or, the positioning activation information is included in the Paging message and sent to the designated terminal device. It should be understood that the above is only an example, and how to enable a designated terminal device to activate SRS is not limited to this.

If the information used for positioning activation includes time information, such as activation time and/or activation duration, the designated terminal device and serving gNB can also consider the time information to activate or deactivate the corresponding SRS, so as to avoid additional deactivation. Signaling comes and goes to activate SRS.

In the present invention, activation refers to letting the designated terminal device start sending SRS and/or letting gNB reserve the corresponding SRS resources. Deactivation refers to letting the designated terminal device stop sending SRS and/or letting gNB release the reserved corresponding SRS. resource.

Step 1104, anchor gNB sends a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF.

The effect that can be achieved according to the above method is: if the designated terminal device in the RRC_INACTIVE state is moved to a new serving base station, that is, moved to the serving gNB, and the designated terminal device context is still in the anchor gNB, through the present invention Can support semi-static SRS activation or deactivation to avoid positioning activation failure. At the same time, the present invention also supports a time-based deactivation method, which reduces the deactivation signaling process and is more suitable for positioning designated terminal equipment in the RRC_INACTIVE state.

Method two:

Referring to Figure 11b, the method includes the following steps:

Step 1105, LMF sends a positioning deactivation request message to the anchor gNB.

Among them, the location deactivation request message may include resource deactivation information, including, for example:

Information related to the terminal device identification ID is used to indicate a specific terminal device, that is, a designated terminal device;

Deactivated SRS resource, used to indicate the SRS resource that needs to be deactivated, for example, it can be SRS Resource set ID;

Deactivation instruction is used to instruct to deactivate all SRS resources of a specific terminal device.

Step 1106, anchor gNB sends positioning deactivation information to serving gNB.

Step 1107, serving gNB releases the corresponding SRS.

Step 1108, the serving gNB sends positioning deactivation information to the terminal device.

Among them, the positioning deactivation information is also the resource deactivation information.

After receiving the positioning deactivation information, the Serving gNB can release the corresponding SRS resources and instruct the terminal device to deactivate the corresponding SRS, that is, to stop sending SRS.

Step 1109, anchor gNB sends a positioning deactivation feedback message to the LMF.

The effect that can be achieved according to the above method is: if the designated terminal device in the RRC_INACTIVE state is moved to a new serving base station, that is, moved to the serving gNB, and the designated terminal device context is still in the anchor gNB, through the present invention Can support semi-static SRS deactivation to avoid resource waste.

Method three:

Referring to Figure 12, the method includes the following steps:

Step 1201, LMF sends a positioning activation request message to the anchor gNB.

Step 1202: serving gNB-CU obtains information related to positioning activation.

Step 1203, under the CU-DU separation architecture, the serving gNB-CU (hereinafter referred to as CU) sends a terminal device context release command message to the serving gNB-DU (hereinafter referred to as DU).

The terminal device context release command message includes information for positioning activation, and the information for positioning activation may include at least one of the following information:

SRS Resource Set ID, used to indicate the SRS resources that need to be activated;

Information related to SRS spatial relationship, used to indicate the spatial relationship corresponding to the SRS resource or SRS resource set that needs to be activated;

Activation time, used to indicate the specific time of SRS activation, which can be an absolute time or relative time;

Activation duration, used to indicate the duration of SRS activation;

The first indication is used to notify the DU that the MAC CE used to activate SRS needs to be sent to the designated terminal device together with the RRC Release message.

The DU receives the information for positioning activation and activates SRS and/or reserves SRS resources considering the information. According to one embodiment, the DU sends the MAC CE for activating the SRS together with the RRC Release message to the designated terminal device; according to another embodiment, the information for activating the SRS has been included in the RRC Release message, and the DU is sent according to The positioning activation information reserves corresponding SRS resources for the designated terminal device.

The effect that can be achieved according to the above method is: under the CU-DU separation architecture, if the designated terminal device in the RRC_INACTIVE state moves to a new serving base station, that is, moved to the serving gNB, and the designated terminal device context is still in the anchor gNB At this time, the present invention can support the activation or deactivation of semi-static SRS, thereby avoiding the failure of positioning activation. At the same time, the present invention also supports a time-based deactivation method, which reduces the deactivation signaling process and is more suitable for positioning designated terminal equipment in the RRC_INACTIVE state.

Method four:

Referring to Figure 13, the method includes the following steps:

Step 1301, anchor gNB obtains positioning deactivation information.

According to one embodiment, as in step 1301a, the LMF sends a positioning deactivation message to the anchor gNB, and the anchor gNB receives the positioning deactivation information from the LMF; according to another embodiment, as in step 1301b, the designated terminal device is different from the serving gNB. The gNB initiates the RRC resume or RRC setup process. The anchor gNB can determine that the designated terminal device stops sending SRS by accessing the designated terminal device from other cells or base stations, that is, it obtains the positioning deactivation information. It should be understood that the above is only an example, and the way in which the anchor gNB obtains positioning deactivation is not limited to this.

Among them, the positioning deactivation information is also the resource deactivation information.

Step 1302: The anchor gNB sends information for deactivating positioning to the serving gNB.

The information used to deactivate positioning may be included in the XnAP message, such as a positioning deactivation message. The information used to deactivate positioning is also resource control information.

The information used to deactivate positioning may include at least one of the following:

Information related to the terminal device identification ID is used to indicate a specific terminal device, that is, a designated terminal device;

Deactivated SRS resource, used to indicate the SRS resource that needs to be deactivated, for example, it can be SRS Resource set ID;

Deactivation instruction is used to instruct to deactivate all SRS resources of a specific terminal device.

Serving gNB considers the information used to deactivate positioning and releases the corresponding SRS resources.

The effect that can be achieved according to the above method is: if the designated terminal in the RRC_INACTIVE state moves to a new serving base station, that is, moved to the serving gNB, and the designated terminal device context is still in the anchor gNB, the present invention can make the serving gNB Release SRS resources in a timely manner to avoid waste of uplink resources.

Method five:

Referring to Figure 14, the method includes the following steps:

Step 1401, LMF sends a positioning activation request message to the anchor gNB.

Step 1402: If the designated terminal device is under the serving gNB, the anchor gNB sends a first message to the serving gNB, where the first message includes request information for activating positioning. The first message may be an XnAP message, for example, it may be a partial terminal device context transfer message (Partial UE Context Transfer message) or a positioning activation request message. The feedback information used to activate positioning includes at least one of the following:

SRS Resource Set ID, used to indicate the SRS resources that need to be activated;

Information related to SRS spatial relationship, used to indicate the spatial relationship corresponding to the SRS resource or SRS resource set that needs to be activated.

The first activation time is used to indicate the specific time for SRS activation requested by the LMF, which can be an absolute time or a relative time;

The first activation duration is used to indicate the duration of SRS activation requested by the LMF;

The first indication is used to notify the serving gNB that the MAC CE used to activate SRS needs to be sent to the designated terminal device together with the RRC Release message.

Step 1403: The serving gNB receives the message and information, and the serving gNB sends a second message to the anchor gNB. The second message includes feedback information for activating positioning. The second message may be an XnAP message, for example, it may be a partial terminal device context transfer acknowledgment message (Partial UE Context Transfer Acknowledge message) or a positioning activation feedback message. The feedback information used to activate positioning includes at least one of the following:

The second activation time is used to indicate the SRS activation time determined by the serving gNB.

The second activation duration is used to indicate the duration of SRS activation determined by the serving gNB.

Among them, the serving gNB does not activate the SRS corresponding to the terminal device according to the first instruction. The SRS activation time determined by the serving gNB may be different from the first activation time. The SRS activation duration determined by the serving gNB may be different from the first activation duration.

If the activated SRS is used for the designated terminal device in the RRC INACTIVE state or the first message includes the first indication, the serving gNB will temporarily not activate the SRS until the XnAP message including the RRC Release message is received from the anchor gNB, For example, retrieving the end device context failed message.

How Serving gNB activates SRS is consistent with the description in step 103 and will not be described again here.

Step 1404: The anchor gNB sends a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF. The feedback message may include the feedback information for activating positioning received in step 1403.

The LMF may consider the information and start sending measurement requests to base stations participating in positioning measurements.

Steps 1405 and 1406, the anchor gNB sends the RRC Release message to the designated terminal device through the serving gNB. The serving gNB sends the MAC CE used to activate SRS together with the RRC Release message based on the information received in step 1402. Specify the terminal device.

The effect that can be achieved according to the above method is: if the designated terminal device in the RRC_INACTIVE state moves to a new serving base station, and the context of the designated terminal device is still in the anchor gNB, the present invention can support the activation or deactivation of semi-static SRS. Activation avoids the failure of positioning activation and also allows the serving gNB to confirm whether the positioning activation can be successful.

Method six:

Referring to Figure 15, the method includes the following steps:

Step 1501, LMF sends a positioning activation request message to the anchor gNB.

Step 1502: If the designated terminal device is under the serving gNB, the anchor gNB sends a third message to the serving gNB, where the third message includes request information for activating positioning. The third message may be a terminal device context failure message or a new XnAP message, such as a positioning activation request message. The feedback information used to activate positioning includes at least one of the following:

SRS Resource Set ID, used to indicate the SRS resources that need to be activated;

Information related to SRS spatial relationship, used to indicate the spatial relationship corresponding to the SRS resource or SRS resource set that needs to be activated.

The first activation time is used to indicate the specific time for SRS activation requested by the LMF, which can be an absolute time or a relative time;

The first activation duration is used to indicate the duration of SRS activation requested by the LMF;

The first indication is used to notify the serving gNB that the MAC CE used to activate SRS needs to be sent to the designated terminal device together with the RRC Release message.

Step 1503, Serving gNB receives the message and information, and activates SRS considering the information. How Serving gNB activates SRS is consistent with the description in step 1103, and will not be described again here.

Step 1504: The serving gNB sends a fourth message to the anchor gNB, where the fourth message includes feedback information for activating positioning. The second message is an XnAP message, such as a positioning activation feedback message, etc. Optionally, the feedback information for activating positioning includes at least one of the following:

The second activation time is used to indicate the duration of SRS activation determined by the serving gNB.

The second activation duration is used to indicate the duration of SRS activation determined by the serving gNB.

Since the serving gNB activates the SRS corresponding to the terminal device according to the first instruction, the SRS activation time determined by the serving gNB is the first activation time, and the SRS activation duration determined by the serving gNB is the first activation duration.

Step 1505: The anchor gNB sends a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF. The feedback message may include the feedback information received from step 1504 for activating positioning.

The LMF may take this information into account to start sending positioning measurement requests.

The effect that can be achieved according to the above method is: if the designated terminal device in the RRC_INACTIVE state moves to a new serving base station, and the context of the designated terminal device is still in the anchor gNB, the present invention can support the activation or deactivation of semi-static SRS. Activation avoids the failure of positioning activation and also allows LMF to obtain accurate activation feedback information.

Please refer to FIG. 16 , which is a schematic structural diagram of a communication device 1600 provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 1600 shown in FIG. 16 may include a transceiver module 1601. The transceiving module 1601 may include a sending module and/or a receiving module. The sending module is used to implement the sending function, and the receiving module is used to implement the receiving function. The transceiving module 1601 may implement the sending function and/or the receiving function.

It can be understood that the communication device 1600 may be an anchor node, a device in the anchor node, or a device that can be used in conjunction with the anchor node.

The communication device 1600 is on the anchor node side, where:

The processing module 1602 is configured to determine resource control information corresponding to a designated terminal device, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is in radio resource control RRC non-state. Activated terminal equipment;

Transceiver module 1601, configured to send the resource control information to the service node.

Optionally, the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

Resource activation information, the resource activation information is used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device; and

Resource deactivation information, the resource activation information is used to deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.

Optional, the above-mentioned transceiver module 1601 is used for:

Determine the resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the received positioning activation request sent by the positioning management function LMF node for the designated terminal device; or,

Determine the resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the received positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device; or,

Determine the resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the radio resource control RRC recovery request sent by the designated terminal device to other network nodes; or,

Resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device is determined according to the radio resource control RRC connection request sent by the designated terminal device to other network nodes.

Wherein, the other network nodes are any nodes except the anchor node.

Optionally, the above processing module 1602 is also used to:

In response to receiving the positioning activation request sent by the LMF node, sending a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF node; or,

In response to receiving the positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF node, a positioning deactivation feedback message is sent to the LMF node.

Optionally, the resource control information is included in at least one of the following messages and sent to the service node:

Retrieve UE Context Failure message Retrieve UE Context Failure message;

Radio access network RAN paging message;

Xn interface application process protocol message;

Retrieve the terminal device context confirmation message;

Location activation request message;

Locate the deactivation request message.

Optionally, the resource activation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

The identification of the designated terminal device;

Sounding reference signal SRS resource set identifier;

SRS resource identification;

Information about resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated;

First activation time;

first activation duration; and,

A first indication, wherein the first indication is used to indicate whether the service node sends the resource control information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device simultaneously.

Optionally, the resource deactivation information of the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

The identification information of the designated terminal device;

Deactivated SRS resource identifier;

Deactivated SRS resource set identifier; and,

Deactivation instructions.

Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module 1601 is also used for:

Receive activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information sent by the service node.

Optionally, the activation feedback information includes at least one of the following:

A second activation time, wherein the second activation time is the SRS activation time determined by the serving node;

A second activation duration, wherein the second activation duration is an SRS activation duration determined by the serving node.

In the present disclosure, after the anchor node determines the resource control information for activating or deactivating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the RRC inactive state, the anchor node may send the resource control information to the service node. As a result, the service node can activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the specified terminal device according to the resource control information, thereby avoiding failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoiding waste of resources, and thereby improving positioning reliability.

It should be noted that the above device embodiments are obtained based on the method embodiments. For specific descriptions, please refer to the method embodiments section and will not be described again here.

It can be understood that the communication device 1600 may be a service node, a device in the service node, or a device that can be used in conjunction with the service node.

Communication device 1600, on the service node side, where:

The transceiver module 1601 is configured to receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is in radio resource control (RRC) mode. Activated terminal equipment;

The processing module 1602 is configured to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device according to the resource control information.

Optionally, the resource control information sent by the anchor node is included in at least one of the following messages:

Retrieve UE Context Failure message Retrieve UE Context Failure message;

Radio access network RAN paging message;

Xn interface application process protocol message;

Retrieve the terminal device context confirmation message;

Location activation request message;

Locate the deactivation request message.

Optionally, the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

Resource activation information, the resource activation information is used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device; and

Resource deactivation information, the resource activation information is used to deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.

Optionally, the resource activation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

The identification of the designated terminal device;

Sounding reference signal SRS resource set identifier;

SRS resource identification;

Information about resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated;

First activation time;

first activation duration; and,

A first indication, wherein the first indication is used to indicate whether the service node sends the activation information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device simultaneously.

Optionally, the resource deactivation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

The identification information of the designated terminal device;

Deactivated SRS resource identifier;

Deactivated SRS resource set identifier; and,

Deactivation instructions.

Optionally, the above processing module 1602 is used for:

According to the information used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device included in the resource control information, send the information indicating resource activation and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device; and/or,

According to the information used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device included in the resource control information, send the information used to indicate resource activation to the designated terminal device through a paging message; and/or,

In response to the resource control information containing information for activating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, sending the information for indicating resource activation to the designated terminal device through an RRC release message; and/or,

Release the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the information used to deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device included in the resource control information.

Optionally, the above-mentioned transceiver module 1601 is also used for:

Send activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information to the anchor node.

Optionally, the activation feedback information includes at least one of the following:

A second activation time, wherein the second activation time is the SRS activation time determined by the serving node;

A second activation duration, wherein the second activation duration is an SRS activation duration determined by the serving node.

Optionally, the above processing module 1602 is used for:

When the designated terminal device is in the RRC inactive state, resources corresponding to the designated terminal device are not activated until the RRC release message sent by the anchor node is received; or,

According to the first indication contained in the resource control information, the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device are not activated until the RRC release message sent by the anchor node is received, where the first indication is used to indicate The resource activation information in the resource control information and the RRC release message are simultaneously sent to the designated terminal device.

In the present disclosure, after the service node receives the resource control information sent by the anchor node for activating or deactivating the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device in the RRC inactive state, the service node can activate or deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information. H. This can avoid the failure of positioning activation or deactivation, avoid the waste of resources, and improve the reliability of positioning.

It should be noted that the above device embodiments are obtained based on the method embodiments. For specific descriptions, please refer to the method embodiments section and will not be described again here.

Please refer to FIG. 17 , which is a schematic structural diagram of another communication device 1700 provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. The communication device 1700 may be a network device, a terminal device, a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a network device to implement the above method, or a chip, a chip system, or a processor that supports a terminal device to implement the above method. Processor etc. The device can be used to implement the method described in the above method embodiment. For details, please refer to the description in the above method embodiment.

Communication device 1700 may include one or more processors 1701. The processor 1701 may be a general-purpose processor or a special-purpose processor, or the like. For example, it can be a baseband processor or a central processing unit. The baseband processor can be used to process communication protocols and communication data. The central processor can be used to control communication devices (such as base stations, baseband chips, terminal equipment, terminal equipment chips, DU or CU, etc.) and execute computer programs. , processing data for computer programs.

Optionally, the communication device 1700 may also include one or more memories 1702, on which a computer program 1704 may be stored. The processor 1701 executes the computer program 1704, so that the communication device 1700 performs the steps described in the above method embodiments. method. Optionally, the memory 1702 may also store data. The communication device 1700 and the memory 1702 can be provided separately or integrated together.

Optionally, the communication device 1700 may also include a transceiver 1705 and an antenna 1706. The transceiver 1705 may be called a transceiver unit, a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, etc., and is used to implement transceiver functions. The transceiver 1705 may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be called a receiver or a receiving circuit, etc., used to implement the receiving function; the transmitter may be called a transmitter, a transmitting circuit, etc., used to implement the transmitting function.

Optionally, the communication device 1700 may also include one or more interface circuits 1707. The interface circuit 1707 is used to receive code instructions and transmit them to the processor 1701 . The processor 1701 executes the code instructions to cause the communication device 1700 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment.

The communication device 1700 is an anchor node: the transceiver 1705 is used to perform step 202 in Figure 2; step 301 and step 302 in Figure 3; step 401 and step 403 in Figure 4; step 501 and step 503 in Figure 5 , step 504, etc.

The communication device 1700 is a service node: the processor 1701 is used to execute step 602 in Figure 6; step 702 in Figure 7; step 802 in Figure 8; step 902 in Figure 9; step 1002 and step 1004 in Figure 10 wait.

In one implementation, the processor 1701 may include a transceiver for implementing receiving and transmitting functions. For example, the transceiver may be a transceiver circuit, an interface, or an interface circuit. The transceiver circuits, interfaces or interface circuits used to implement the receiving and transmitting functions can be separate or integrated together. The above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit can be used for reading and writing codes/data, or the above-mentioned transceiver circuit, interface or interface circuit can be used for signal transmission or transfer.

In one implementation, the processor 1701 may store a computer program 1703, and the computer program 1703 runs on the processor 1701, causing the communication device 1700 to perform the method described in the above method embodiment. The computer program 1703 may be solidified in the processor 1701, in which case the processor 1701 may be implemented by hardware.

In one implementation, the communication device 1700 may include a circuit, which may implement the functions of sending or receiving or communicating in the foregoing method embodiments. The processors and transceivers described in this disclosure may be implemented on integrated circuits (ICs), analog ICs, radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), mixed signal ICs, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), printed circuit boards ( printed circuit board (PCB), electronic equipment, etc. The processor and transceiver can also be manufactured using various IC process technologies, such as complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), n-type metal oxide-semiconductor (NMOS), P-type Metal oxide semiconductor (positive channel metal oxide semiconductor, PMOS), bipolar junction transistor (BJT), bipolar CMOS (BiCMOS), silicon germanium (SiGe), gallium arsenide (GaAs), etc.

The communication device described in the above embodiments may be a network device or an access network device (such as the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiment), but the scope of the communication device described in the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the structure of the communication device may Not limited by Figure 17. The communication device may be a stand-alone device or may be part of a larger device. For example, the communication device may be:

(1) Independent integrated circuit IC, or chip, or chip system or subsystem;

(2) A collection of one or more ICs. Optionally, the IC collection may also include storage components for storing data and computer programs;

(3)ASIC, such as modem;

(4) Modules that can be embedded in other devices;

(5) Receivers, terminal equipment, intelligent terminal equipment, cellular phones, wireless equipment, handheld devices, mobile units, vehicle-mounted equipment, network equipment, cloud equipment, artificial intelligence equipment, etc.;

(6) Others, etc.

For the case where the communication device may be a chip or a chip system, refer to the schematic structural diagram of the chip shown in FIG. 18 . The chip shown in Figure 18 includes a processor 1801 and an interface 1803. The number of processors 1801 may be one or more, and the number of interfaces 1803 may be multiple.

For the case where the chip is used to implement the function of the anchor node in the embodiment of the present disclosure:

Interface 1803 is used to execute step 202 in Figure 2; step 301, step 302 in Figure 3; step 401, step 403 in Figure 4; step 501, step 503, step 504 in Figure 5, etc.

For the case where the chip is used to implement the functions of the service node in the embodiment of the present disclosure:

Interface 1803 is used to execute step 601 in Figure 6; step 701 in Figure 7; step 801 in Figure 8; step 901 and step 903 in Figure 9; step 1001 and step 1003 in Figure 10, etc.

Optionally, the chip also includes a memory 1803, which is used to store necessary computer programs and data.

Those skilled in the art can also understand that the various illustrative logical blocks and steps listed in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of both. Whether such functionality is implemented in hardware or software depends on the specific application and overall system design requirements. Those skilled in the art can use various methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be understood as exceeding the scope of protection of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The present disclosure also provides a readable storage medium on which instructions are stored, and when the instructions are executed by a computer, the functions of any of the above method embodiments are implemented.

The present disclosure also provides a computer program product, which, when executed by a computer, implements the functions of any of the above method embodiments.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using software, it may be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer programs. When the computer program is loaded and executed on a computer, the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure are generated in whole or in part. The computer may be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer program may be stored in or transferred from one computer-readable storage medium to another, for example, the computer program may be transferred from a website, computer, server, or data center Transmission to another website, computer, server or data center through wired (such as coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line (DSL)) or wireless (such as infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.) means. The computer-readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains one or more available media integrated. The usable media may be magnetic media (e.g., floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes), optical media (e.g., high-density digital video discs (DVD)), or semiconductor media (e.g., solid state disks, SSD)) etc.

It can be understood that "plurality" in this disclosure refers to two or more, and other quantifiers are similar. "And/or" describes the relationship between related objects, indicating that there can be three relationships. For example, A and/or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the related objects are in an "or" relationship. The singular forms "a", "the" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It will be further understood that although the operations are described in a specific order in the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, this should not be understood as requiring that these operations be performed in the specific order shown or in a serial order, or that it is required that Perform all operations shown to obtain the desired results. In certain circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that the first, second, and other numerical numbers involved in this disclosure are only for convenience of description and are not used to limit the scope of the embodiments of the disclosure, nor to indicate the order.

At least one in the present disclosure can also be described as one or more, and the plurality can be two, three, four or more, and the present disclosure is not limited. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, for a technical feature, the technical feature is distinguished by “first”, “second”, “third”, “A”, “B”, “C” and “D” etc. The technical features described in "first", "second", "third", "A", "B", "C" and "D" are in no particular order or order.

The corresponding relationships shown in each table in this disclosure can be configured or predefined. The values of the information in each table are only examples and can be configured as other values, which is not limited by this disclosure. When configuring the correspondence between information and each parameter, it is not necessarily required to configure all the correspondences shown in each table. For example, in the table in this disclosure, the corresponding relationships shown in some rows may not be configured. For another example, appropriate deformation adjustments can be made based on the above table, such as splitting, merging, etc. The names of the parameters shown in the titles of the above tables may also be other names understandable by the communication device, and the values or expressions of the parameters may also be other values or expressions understandable by the communication device. When implementing the above tables, other data structures can also be used, such as arrays, queues, containers, stacks, linear lists, pointers, linked lists, trees, graphs, structures, classes, heaps, hash tables or hash tables. wait.

Predefinition in this disclosure may be understood as definition, pre-definition, storage, pre-storage, pre-negotiation, pre-configuration, solidification, or pre-burning.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of each example described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented with electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are performed in hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality using different methods for each specific application, but such implementations should not be considered to be beyond the scope of this disclosure.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the systems, devices and units described above can be referred to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and will not be described again here.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure that follow the general principles of the disclosure and include common knowledge or customary technical means in the technical field that are not disclosed in the disclosure. . It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

The above are only specific embodiments of the present disclosure, but the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any person familiar with the technical field can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present disclosure. should be covered by the protection scope of this disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. A method for activating or deactivating resources, characterized in that it is executed by an anchor node, and the method includes:

   Determine resource control information corresponding to the designated terminal device, wherein the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state;

   Send the resource control information to the service node.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

   Resource activation information, the resource activation information is used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device; and

   Resource deactivation information, the resource activation information is used to deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining the resource control information corresponding to the designated terminal device includes:

   Determine the resource activation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the received positioning activation request sent by the positioning management function LMF node for the designated terminal device; or,

   Determine the resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the received positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF node for the designated terminal device; or,

   Determine the resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the radio resource control RRC recovery request sent by the designated terminal device to other network nodes; or,

   Determine the resource deactivation information corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the radio resource control RRC connection request sent by the designated terminal device to other network nodes;

   Wherein, the other network nodes are any nodes except the anchor node.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

   In response to receiving the positioning activation request sent by the LMF node, sending a positioning activation feedback message to the LMF node; or,

   In response to receiving the positioning deactivation request sent by the LMF node, a positioning deactivation feedback message is sent to the LMF node.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource control information is included in at least one of the following messages and sent to the service node:

   Retrieve UE Context Failure message Retrieve UE Context Failure message;

   Radio access network RAN paging message;

   Xn interface application process protocol message;

   Retrieve the terminal device context confirmation message;

   Location activation request message;

   Locate the deactivation request message.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the resource activation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

   The identification of the designated terminal device;

   Sounding reference signal SRS resource set identifier;

   SRS resource identification;

   Information about resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated;

   First activation time;

   first activation duration; and,

   A first indication, wherein the first indication is used to indicate whether the service node sends the resource control information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device simultaneously.
7. The method of claim 2, wherein the resource deactivation information of the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

   The identification information of the designated terminal device;

   Deactivated SRS resource identifier;

   Deactivated SRS resource set identifier; and,

   Deactivation instructions.
8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the method further includes:

   Receive activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information sent by the service node.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the activation feedback information includes at least one of the following:

   A second activation time, wherein the second activation time is the SRS activation time determined by the serving node;

   A second activation duration, wherein the second activation duration is an SRS activation duration determined by the serving node.
10. A method for activating or deactivating resources, characterized in that it is executed by a service node, and the method includes:

    Receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, wherein the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is a terminal device in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state;

    Activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the resource control information sent by the anchor node is included in at least one of the following messages:

    Retrieve UE Context Failure message Retrieve UE Context Failure message;

    Radio access network RAN paging message;

    Xn interface application process protocol message;

    Retrieve the terminal device context confirmation message;

    Location activation request message;

    Locate the deactivation request message.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

    Resource activation information, the resource activation information is used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device; and

    Resource deactivation information, the resource activation information is used to deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the resource activation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

    The identification of the designated terminal device;

    Sounding reference signal SRS resource set identifier;

    SRS resource identification;

    Information about resources spatially related to the SRS to be activated;

    First activation time;

    first activation duration; and,

    A first indication, wherein the first indication is used to indicate whether the service node sends the activation information and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device simultaneously.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein the resource deactivation information in the resource control information includes at least one of the following:

    The identification information of the designated terminal device;

    Deactivated SRS resource identifier;

    Deactivated SRS resource set identifier; and,

    Deactivation instructions.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein activating or deactivating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the resource control information includes:

    According to the information used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device included in the resource control information, send the information indicating resource activation and the RRC release message to the designated terminal device; and/or,

    According to the information used to activate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device included in the resource control information, send the information used to indicate resource activation to the designated terminal device through a paging message; and/or,

    In response to the resource control information containing information for activating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, sending the information for indicating resource activation to the designated terminal device through an RRC release message; and/or,

    Release the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device according to the information used to deactivate the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device included in the resource control information.
16. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

    Send activation feedback information or deactivation feedback information to the anchor node.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the activation feedback information includes at least one of the following:

    A second activation time, wherein the second activation time is the SRS activation time determined by the serving node;

    A second activation duration, wherein the second activation duration is an SRS activation duration determined by the serving node.
18. The method according to any one of claims 10 to 17, characterized in that, according to the resource control information, activating or deactivating resources corresponding to the designated terminal device includes:

    When the designated terminal device is in the RRC inactive state, resources corresponding to the designated terminal device are not activated until the RRC release message sent by the anchor node is received; or,

    According to the first indication contained in the resource control information, the resources corresponding to the designated terminal device are not activated until the RRC release message sent by the anchor node is received, where the first indication is used to indicate The resource activation information in the resource control information and the RRC release message are simultaneously sent to the designated terminal device.
19. A communication device, characterized by including:

    A processing module configured to determine resource control information corresponding to a designated terminal device, wherein the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state. status terminal equipment;

    A transceiver module, configured to send the resource control information to the service node.
20. A communication device, characterized by including:

    A transceiver module configured to receive resource control information sent by the anchor node, where the resource control information is used to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the designated terminal device, and the designated terminal device is in radio resource control (RRC) inactive state. status terminal equipment;

    A processing module configured to activate or deactivate resources corresponding to the specified terminal device according to the resource control information.
21. A communication device, characterized in that the device includes a processor and a memory, a computer program is stored in the memory, and the processor executes the computer program stored in the memory, so that the device executes the claims The method of any one of claims 1 to 9, or performing the method of any one of claims 10 to 18.
22. A computer-readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed, enable the method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9 to be implemented, or enable the method as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 18 The method described in one item is implemented.

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